Chapter 184: Had they had physical intimacy?
The three of them were taken aback by her sudden action.
The air fell eerily quiet.
Ping'er was the first to come to her senses. She pushed away the hand that Miss Li was holding and frowned, saying, "I don't remember."
"How could I not remember?" Li Xier immediately put on a stern face and said, "Your father rescued me from the mountains before, and I even recuperated at your house for half a day. Have you forgotten? I often brought you fried dough cakes to eat?"
As she said this, she took two candies from her bosom and put them into Ping'er's hand.
"This candy is called milk candy. It was a gift from my young lady. Ordinary people have never even seen it before. You can have it all." After saying that, she raised her chin proudly and said, "After I marry your father, I will give you all such good things."
"I don't want it. My mother has bought all of these for me. We don't need any more." With that, he pushed it away. He didn't know how many of these milk candies he had eaten. Ah Nuan always bought them for the family, bag after bag. Now she even forbade them from eating too many, afraid they would ruin their teeth.
"Also, my father will not marry anyone else." Li Junping stared coldly at Miss Li; he absolutely would not allow his father to marry anyone else!
"You child, how can you be so ungrateful? And now you're even lying!" Li Xi'er frowned, her face showing displeasure. "This milk candy is extremely rare in our county. Only two shops sell it, and it was even transferred from Gu Kui City. Just two small packets cost one tael of silver. How could you possibly eat it?"
After saying that, she looked at Li Rong again: "Brother Li, you are a grown man, I don't think you can take care of children. Don't let those country women corrupt the child! But now that I'm back, I will naturally help you."
You probably don't know this, but nowadays wealthy families all have their own private schools. The Zhang family is extremely wealthy; the head of the family even works in the prince's residence. Our young master is currently lacking a study companion. Perhaps I can try to pull some strings and get Ping'er into the Zhang family. Then, he won't have to worry about a good future.”
As she said this, a slight blush rose to her cheeks, and she looked at Li Rong with affection in her eyes.
A young girl's thoughts are always easy to read. Jiang Nuanzhi looked at the girl subconsciously moving closer to Li Rong, the light in her eyes, and her flushed cheeks, and knew that this girl was probably head over heels in love with Li Rong.
It's a pity, Li Rong didn't even glance at her, her face was as cold as ice, which was quite hurtful.
Li Rong was even colder and more ruthless than he appeared, and directly rebuked him: "Stop talking nonsense! Li Xier, I'm giving you some face, please have some self-respect!"
Li Rong didn't even look at the man, but instead looked at Aunt Li, who was looking this way from a distance behind the crowd, and said, "Auntie, your daughter is back. Let's welcome her home."
As he spoke, he drove his wheelchair to Jiang Nuanzhi's side.
Jiang Nuanzhi raised an eyebrow. Wasn't it impossible to push just now? She remembered that neither she nor Ping'er had helped.
Aunt Li had felt uneasy from afar and wanted to interrupt their conversation, but she didn't know how to say it. Now, after hearing Li Rong's words, she immediately walked up and grabbed her daughter: "Xi'er, it's good that you're back. Let me introduce you, this is your brother Li's wife, you should call her sister-in-law."
Aunt Li's words were meant to make her little girl give up on the relationship.
"What sister-in-law? I don't have a sister-in-law! She's just a slave, a maid that my brother bought!" Li Xi'er wouldn't listen to her mother at all. She glared at Li Rong with her almond-shaped eyes and said reproachfully, "Brother Li, why do you keep saying such hurtful things? We've already been intimate. I'm yours for life! I'll marry you no matter what."
As she spoke, she glanced at Li Rong's handsome appearance and recalled the firm chest he had craned when he saved her years ago. Her heart pounded like a drum, and a blush crept onto her cheeks.
"Stop talking nonsense!" Li Rong's face turned ashen, and he was so angry that he couldn't speak for a long time.
Aunt Li anxiously covered her daughter's mouth: "What intimate contact? Absolutely not! He already has a wife, don't you understand? Wait till we get back and see how I deal with you!"
"Mother, why do you always side with outsiders!" Li Xier looked at Jiang Nuanzhi with disdain.
This was the first time she had taken a close look at Jiang Nuanzhi, and she couldn't help but squint her eyes slightly: "She's not that pretty, is she? She's nowhere near as good-looking as our young lady! And her figure isn't even as slender as mine!"
"She's just fair-skinned, Brother Li, what do you see in her? She's just a convict slave. Our Zhang household sends away countless women like her every day! They all inevitably harbor ill intentions towards the men. We even sent one away the other day; I personally escorted her out!"
Then, she looked at Li Junping and said, "Brother Li, a man like you should choose a wife who can help you, even if you are choosing one."
As she spoke, she puffed out her chest and smiled, "Brother Li, I'm not the same person I used to be. Now I manage my young lady's huge garden perfectly, much better than these country bumpkins!"
Suddenly, she gasped. A wooden stick had seemingly struck her right in front of her feet, startling Xi'er so much that she stumbled backward. Had her mother not been there to support her, she would have fallen to the ground. Her face paled as she looked at Li Rong, her voice trembling with tears, and asked, "Brother Li, what are you doing?"
Enraged, Li Rong noticed that he had broken off the handle of the wheelchair at some point. This wheelchair was a gift from A Nuan, and he felt a pang of heartache. He said in a chilling tone, "If you dare to humiliate my lady again, this stick might hit you somewhere. You'd better watch yourself."
Aunt Li was also startled, frowning as she said, "Li family elder, what are you doing? When you fled to Qingquan Village, your Uncle Li took good care of you. Your sister is just a young girl; you could have just said a few words to her, but why did you have to hit her?"
Li Rong's face was extremely cold: "If it weren't for Uncle Li's sake, how could I have allowed him to humiliate my wife like this? Aunt Li, that's all I have to say. I don't want my family to suffer such humiliation again. Please keep a close eye on Miss Li. If there's a next time, I won't be so polite!"
As he said this, Li Rong suddenly frowned and said, "Also, Auntie, my wife and Miss Li are about the same age."
My wife has a very girlish temperament. If I let her yell back, how would you feel, Auntie? Would you be forgiving of her young age?
Aunt Li choked, as if this Jiang girl wasn't even as old as her youngest daughter. It was just that Jiang was so experienced in dealing with people that Aunt Li sometimes forgot her age.
She couldn't help but sigh. It was exactly what she feared. She didn't want her daughter to meet these two people, but they just happened to run into each other!
Unfortunately, the person who said the most unpleasant things was his own daughter!
She could only force a smile and say, "Our two families have always been on good terms. It was just a little bickering. I'll definitely scold her myself later. Jiang girl, don't take it to heart. Your aunt apologizes to you. You should go and report back quickly."
As if feeling ashamed, she dragged Xi'er into the house.
"Mother! Why are you pulling me? I want to see what's so good about that country bumpkin that Brother Li is protecting her like this!"
As she spoke, she finally wiped away her tears: "Brother Li, do you really not care about our friendship at all? Are you really going to live like this with that criminal slave?"
The more she thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt. Seeing Niu Niu sitting on the heated kang, head down, eating pork cracklings, she slapped the food away: "Eat, eat, eat! All you know is eating! Your aunt is being bullied, and you don't even know!"
Niu Niu was frightened and burst into tears.
"Oh dear, grandma! This is a rare and precious item, how could you have ruined it!"
When Aunt Li saw the pork cracklings on the ground, she felt extremely distressed and immediately picked them up and washed them clean with water.
(End of this chapter)
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